Word: took
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...budget" for defense; an air fleet of 10,000 airplanes (instead of the 7,000 mentioned fortnight ago), provision in the War Department Appropriation bill (now being drafted) to equip for instant combat an "initial protective force" of 400,000 soldiers (Regular Army plus National Guard), the President himself took action. He ordered a new navy dirigible built (see p. 19). He announced he had ordered a survey of all Federal lands and plants capable of being used toward Rearmament. Mentioned specifically were a War-time armorplate plant in West Virginia and the old New Orleans Navy Yard. The latter...
...invented the great "halitosis" scare and made fortunes for himself and three brothers by selling the world "Listerine"-a mouthwash invented by their father, produced and sold conservatively at St. Louis since 1880. He liquidated most of his Lambert Co. holdings in 1928 for about $25,000,000 and took up racing J-boats- the big, expensive class that competes for the America...
...talk by saying. "I know, I know! I'm thpothed to wote for Thalberg, I mean Thaltenberg. He'th a good man. I always wote for the Wepublicanth. They alwayth good men." She was given an already marked ballot for safety, however, to guide her. In the polls she took the unmarked ballot dropped the marked one in the box without looking at it, and started out. After a lot of bickering things were straightened out. When asked how she voted on Plan E, she said "If he wath a Wepublican I woted...
Another factor which worked against the adoption of the charter was that polling took place in fire-stations in eight precincts in the city. Firemen are employees in the city. Firemen are employees of the city, a group which has expressed considerable opposition exerted influence against it as the balloting went...
...example of our system," Thorndike said. "Before Don Daughters was hurt during the Princeton game--six minutes after the opening whistle, we got a message from the Freshman field that one of them was badly hurt. Dr. Gerry and an X-ray man brought him to Dillon, took some pictures, called an ambulance, and he was resting quickly in Baker Memorial Hospital before the game was over...